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JUPITER
Introduction
Location: Fifth planet from the sun
Distance from sun: 778,500,000km
Type: Gas giant
Orbital Radius: 5.20AU
Rotational Period: 0.41 days
Introduction Continued…
Orbital Period: 11.86 years
Eccentricity: 0.048
Moons: 67
Density: 1.33g/cm3
Diameter: 139,822km or about 11 Earths
Mass: 1.89813 x 1027 kilograms
If Jupiter was the same distance as the moon
Introduction Continued …
Similarities to other planets:
• Like Saturn, Jupiter has rings but
are more faint, both gas, similar
temperatures, and similar amount
of moons
• Gas giant like Neptune
The History of Jupiter
By: Emily Fulkerson
Discovery
Since Jupiter is one of the planets that can be seen from Earth
or with the naked eye it is not know who discovered Jupiter or
exactly when it was discovered
Jupiter was seen and named by the ancient people, simply by
star gazing, because of Jupiter's enormous size and brightness
it is easily spotted in the night sky
The Babylonians were one of the first people to chart Jupiter
and could predict its movements for over 70 years
Galileo was the first to see Jupiter through a telescope in the
year 1610 and was the first to discover Jupiter’s four largest
moons
Naming of Jupiter
Many of the Ancients and different races had their
own names for Jupiter:
• the ancients called it Jupiter after the King of Roman god’s,
and the God of the sky and thunder
• in other mythology's the equivalent for Jupiter is the Greek god Zeus, and
the Norse god Thor
• the Babylonians called it Nibiru-Marduc and Udaltar
• The Chinese called it Mu Xing
Where Jupiter can be Found
when you look into the sky at night you can see a
range of celestial objects ranging from stars to
planets:
• Jupiter is the 5th planet from the sun in our galaxy,
• it is the second brightest planet you can see at night (the first
being Venus)
• In the night sky Jupiter can be found in the east, in the
background of the constellation Gemini, between Taurus (to
the west) and Cancer (to the east).
Jupiter in the night sky- dusk,
January 13th-15th
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A Look at Jupiter by Ray Spangerburg and kit Moser
Theories On Formation
When the universe was created material
started to collapse onto itself, bound by
gravity they crated larger particles. The
wind pushed lighter elements such as
Helium and Hydrogen away from the sun,
and the inner regions, and left the heavier
materials to create terrestrial planets. The
further regions from the sun were not as
heavily effected by this wind, allowing gas
giants to form; as well as asteroids, comets,
and moons.
Formation Continued…
• Jupiter is comprised of two main materials about 90%
Hydrogen and 10% Helium
• Traces of other elements can be found in Jupiter’s
atmosphere but Helium and Hydrogen make up the
majority of it’s mass
• Jupiter had to form its core quickly to capture the
elements gravitationally before they were swept away
by the wind
• The periodic collisions raised the temperature on
Jupiter forcing the more dense materials to sink to the
center forming the core
Structure
The atmosphere of Jupiter is 90% hydrogen. The remaining 10% is almost
completely made up of helium although there is are small traces of other
gases inside as well.
Since there is no solid ground, the surface of Jupiter is where the
atmospheric pressure is equal to that of Earth. At that point, the
gravitational pull is almost two and a half times stronger than Earth's.
Jupiter's core is a challenge to find, but
scientists have theorized that its core is most
likely a dense hot ball of molten liquid or a
solid rock surrounded by metallic hydrogen.
The temperature of its core is a assumed to be
35,000 degrees Celsius. Whatever its core is
made of, there are speculations that the gas
giant's core may be melting.
Great Red Spot
Heat
Beneath the surface, the liquid and plasma hydrogen generate more heat than the sun.
A third of the way into the
planet, the hydrogen in
the atmosphere becomes
metallic, allowing it the
conduct electricity. The
planet rotates so fast (at
only about 10 hours for
every rotation) that the
rapid spinning causes the
electrical currents to create
a magnetic field. It's
magnetic field is 20,000 times
more powerful than Earths.
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